Meet the Team
Jen Delamere
Director of GINA
Associate Research Professor
(Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Group at the Geophysical Institute)
- 907-474-7140
- jsdelamere@alaska.edu
Jay Cable
System Analyst
- jay@alaska.edu
Jay Cable is a Research and Web Programmer for GINA. He helps operate GINA’s satellite ground stations and performs programming on special projects. He has worked with a wide array of programming languages including Java, C, Ruby, JavaScript, and Perl. Jay has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and someday hopes to complete his M.S.
Carl Dierking
Satellite Liaison
- cfdierking@alaska.edu
Carl is a meteorologist working for GINA as a satellite liaison, developer, and trainer. He previously worked for the National Weather Service for nearly 40 years as a forecaster and Science Operations Officer. This experience provides insight into the satellite needs of operational weather forecasters in Alaska, with a focus on the development of tools and training that assists in the transition from research to operations.
Owen larson
Geospatial Data Analyst
- ojlarson@alaska.edu
Milton Wiltse
Affiliate Professor
HUNTER BARNDT
Research Programmer
- whbarndt@alaska.edu
MIKE PETERSON
Systems Administrator
- mppeterson2@alaska.edu
Grace Veenstra
Communications & Outreach:
UAF Undergrad
- geveenstra@alaska.edu
Grace is an undergraduate student at UAF majoring in Biological Sciences and Science Communications, and is focusing on climate change and arctic issues in her studies. Grace currently operates GINA’s social media pages, organizes presentations, manages the website, and compiles Quick Guides on GINA’s products. She has published several articles describing the role of satellites and GINA in Alaska and how they contribute to everything from tracking wildfires to following spring breakup. At GINA, she is learning more about using GIS programming and creating informative publications while utilizing her skills in writing and graphic design.
Benjamin Stream
Web-Development:
UAF Undergrad
- brstream@alaska.edu
Benjamin is an undergraduate student at UAF pursuing his Bachelors in Computer Science. While he enjoys computer graphics and application development he has come to appreciate the web-development and data science GINA challenges him with. At GINA, he has developed a firepoint statistics dashboard and is maintaining GINA’s feeder product delivery site. Ben enjoys the outdoors of Alaska including fishing, hiking, camping, and spending his time with friends and family.
Dylan Maltos
Research Programmer:
UAF Undergrad
- dmmaltos@alaska.edu
PHILLIP WILSON
Research Technician
- prwilson@alaska.edu
SOPHIE STEIN
GIS & Snow Science Communication
- shstein@alaska.edu
Sophie recently graduated from Bates College with a degree in Environmental Policy. In Fairbanks, she continues pursuing her appreciation for both research and science communication. At UAF, she works for both GINA & IARC conducting various forms of climate change research. She works with both qualitative data and geospatial data to support Alaskan communities, with projects ranging from snow education, to GIS mapping, to researching day-to-day climate change impacts on local Fairbanks folks. When she’s not working with kids or data, she loves to cook yummy food, run, go up mountains, and spend time on any and all kinds of bikes and skis.
UAF Collaborators
JEREMIAH DABNEY
Systems Administrator
Liam Forbes is the manager of the Research Computing Systems group at the Geophysical Institute. He supervises a team of systems analysts, network engineers, computer technicians, and web developers to provide research cyberinfrastructure and information technology support for the UAF Geophysical Institute and other UA research communities, including GINA.